Inventory Site Record

Cudham is an old settlement mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 and the parish church may date from the C10th. The fields to the east of the church were used as a sports ground by the early 1930s, crossed by various footpaths. The recreation ground had a cricket pavilion and by the 1960s there were tennis courts. On adjacent land to the east was the Angas Convalescent Home for Sailors, which had opened in 1918 as a branch of the Seamen's Hospital Society Dreadnought Hospital.

Previous / Other name:

Cudham Lane North Recreation Ground / Cudham Lane South Recreation Ground

Site location:

Cudham Lane South/Cudham Lane North, Cudham

Postcode:

TN14 7QB

What 3 Words:

cheek.insert.stand

Type of site:

Public Park

Borough:

Bromley

Open to public?

Yes

Opening times:

Special conditions:

Facilities:

Children's play area, toilets, football pitches, cricket square, tennis (spring and summer), car park

Events:

Rail: Chelsfield, Dunton Green and Knockholt (4 miles distant)

Public transport:

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Research updated:

19/07/2023

Last minor changes:

19/07/2023

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The recreation ground is adjacent to Cudham parish church of St Peter and St Paul's (q.v.), from which a footpath leads to the park. The park is provided with a children’s play area, cricket run by the local club, football and a grass tennis court. To the north is a secluded open space with grass and a small children’s play area.

The main building of the sailors convalescence home had started life as the vicarage, a gothic revival building of the 1880s that was probably designed by Charles Innes. Marked on the OS Map of 1896 as Cudham School by 1909 it was marked as Towers House. It was purchased by Lady Angas and opened in 1918 as the Angas Convalescent Home for Sailors, a branch of the Seamen's Hospital Society, Dreadnought. Later an NHS residential institution it is now awaiting conversion to residential use. To the south of the church are Cudham Court Farm and Cudham Hall, the former manor house, together with a public house, The Blacksmith's Arms, and a post office, both marked on the first edition OS.

The two areas of the recreation ground, north and south, are now managed by idverde UK, which in June 2015 was contracted by Bromley Council for the management of the borough's parks, green spaces and countryside service, a relationship that was extended in April 2019 for a further 16 years. 

Sources consulted:

Grid ref:

TQ446598 (544639,159858)

Size in hectares:

10.5

Site ownership:

LB Bromley

Site management:

idverde

Date(s):

1930s

Designer(s):

Listed structures:

Local List: Angas Home

On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens:

No

Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965:

No

Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931:

No

Local Authority Data

The information below is taken from the relevant Local Authority's planning legislation, which was correct at the time of research but may have been amended in the interim. Please check with the Local Authority for latest planning information.

On Local List:

No

In Conservation Area:

Yes

Conservation Area name:

Tree Preservation Order:

Not known

Nature Conservation Area:

No

Green Belt:

Yes

Metropolitan Open Land:

No

Special Policy Area:

Yes - Area of Archaeological Significance

Other LA designation:

None